About The Podcast

Launched in 2016, the Amazing Things Podcast looks at the amazing things that America’s investment in biomedical research, through the National Institutes of Health, is making possible. These amazing stories are told through the lens of ground-breaking researchers, legislative and public policy leaders, patient advocates and members of industry.

Recent Episodes

Tissue Chips and Drug Development: A Conversation with NCAT’s Dr. Lucie Low

June 1, 2020

Turning the Tide on Ebola: A Conversation with NIAID’s Dr. Anthony Fauci & Regeneron’s Neil Stahl

February 5, 2020

NIH-Funded Research Benefits Rural States

March 28, 2019

Dr. Francis Collins: Biomedical Research and What’s Becoming Possible

October 17, 2018

U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt: Making Medical Research a National Priority

September 17, 2018

U.S. Rep Tom Cole: Increased investment in the National Institutes of Health is a critical national priority

July 11, 2018

Jean Bennett: A Gene Therapy to Treat Blindness

March 5, 2018

UMR’s Amazing Things Podcast LIVE Congressional Briefing

November 15, 2017

Li-Huei Tsai: A Ray of Hope in the Fight Against Alzheimer’s Disease

August 11, 2017

Natalia Trayanova: Using a Personalized, Virtual Heart to Prevent Sudden Cardiac Death

May 22, 2017

William Fissell: Giving Kidney Patients Their Quality of Life Back

March 6, 2017

Amy Wagers: Repairing Genes That Cause Muscular Dystrophy

January 9, 2017

Vadim Backman: Detecting Cancer at its Earliest Stages

November 14, 2016

Ed Damiano: A Father’s Mission to Develop a Bionic Pancreas

October 17, 2016

Samuel Achilefu: Taking the Guesswork Out of Cancer Surgery

September 12, 2016

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